Improvement



1. TBIMBLE s.' M. c. uulmuufr.Y Egg, Fruit, and F/ oud P-reservers.

By l www@ JAMES TRIMBLE AND MARTIN G. BOOKHOUT, OFXENIA, ILLINOIS.

llJPROVEMENT lN-EGG, FRUIT, AN FOOD PRESERVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,?! 2, datedFebruary l?, 1874; application filed November 15, 1873.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES TRrMBLE and MARTIN C. BOOKI-IOUT, of Xenia,in the county of Clay and State of Illinois, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Egg, Fruit, and Food Preservers; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specilication,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation ofa side view of ourdevice. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailsection of the same.

This invention has relation to the preservation of eggs, fruit, and foodof various kinds,

wherein itis necessary to exclude air and 1n oist-j ure. rlhe nature ofour invention consists in the arrangement of spacing-strips surround ingthe inner box, to keep it at a given distance from the outer box, thespaces being illed with melted tallow or other substance, which willexclude air and moisture, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, A B represent two boxes, which are made of woodjointed together so as not to leak. The inside box, B,is smaller thanthe external box, and is isolated therein by means of cleats or narrowstrips a b, so that a space of one inch, more or less, entirelysurrounds the inside box, as indicated Aby the letter C.

When the box B is filled with the articles to be preserved, and itscover is secured tightly upon it, it is adjusted into the box A and thespace C completely lled with melted tallow, or some other substancepossessing equivalent properties of a' tluid when heated and a solidwhen cool. The top ofthe outside boxis then secured upon it and the workis done.

It will be seen from the above description that the articles in box Bare inclosed by three walls, the intermediate wall being the tallowreferred to, which will electually exclude air and moisture. 4

The spacing-strips a b constitute the essential features ot' myimprovement, and serve to properly space the interior box in the outerbox, so that the fluid iillin g material will flow uniformly andentirely around the inner box, atl ter which, should such fillingmaterial become soft from any cause, the said strips will sustain theinterior box in its proper position, and prevent it from settling to thebottom of the exterior box.

To do not clailn a tilling of tallow between two wooden boxes, as thisis shown and claimed in the patent granted IV. A. Keeler, July 31, 1860.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The spacing-strips a b, in combination with the boxes A B and a tallowfilling, as shown, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence oi' two witnesses.

JAMES TRIMBLE. MARTIN C. BOOKHOUT. IVitnesses:

SrLAs RnNroK, RICHARD S. MORRIS.

